Here are proverbs that will help you recognize wisdom and good advice, and understand sayings with deep meaning.

They can teach you how to live intelligently and how to be honest, just, and fair.

My child, pay attention to what your father and mother tell you.

My children, listen to what your father teaches you. Pay attention, and you will have understanding.

My child, pay attention and listen to my wisdom and insight.

The LORD says, "Come, everyone who is thirsty--- here is water! Come, you that have no money--- buy grain and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk--- it will cost you nothing!

"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.

But not all have accepted the Good News. Isaiah himself said, "Lord, who believed our message?"

So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.

calling loudly at the city gates and wherever people come together:

"But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not obey me.

So I let them go their stubborn ways and do whatever they wanted.

"Moses is the one who was rejected by the people of Israel. 'Who made you ruler and judge over us?' they asked. He is the one whom God sent to rule the people and set them free with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush.

Moses is the one who said to the people of Israel, 'God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people.'

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape, then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!